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MEMORIAL 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE 



DPON TBB DBATH OF 



HON. HORATIO B. HACKETT, 



LATE A SENATOR FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT 



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RESOLUTION. 



Id the S«nate, 
February 14, 190€. 
On motion of Senator Gable the following resolution was twlc« read 
considered and agreed to, viz: 

Resolved, That one thousand five hundred copies of the memorial 
proceedings of the Senate upon the death of Honorahle Horatio B. 
Ha«kett, a member of the Senate from the Eighth Senatorial district. 
be printed and bound in cloth, for the use of the Senate. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE 



UPON THB DEATH OF 



HON. HORATIO B. HACKETT. 



In the Senate, 
Friday, February 9. 1906. 

On motion of Senator Gable the following resolution was twice read, 
considered and agreed to, viz: 

Resolved, That a committee of eight members of the Senate be 
appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the lato Senator 
Horatio B. Hackett, who died July twelfth, one thousand nine hundred 
and five, and to present such resolutions at a special meeting of the 
Senate to be held on Wednesday, February fourteenth, at three o'clock 
post meridian. 



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MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESSES. 



In the Senate, 
Wednesday, February 14, 1906. 

Afternoon Session. 

Pursuant to adjournment, the Senate was called to order 
at three fifteen o'clock post meridian. Mr. Fisher in the 
Chair. 

PRAYER. 

Prayer was offered by the Reverend Edward J. Knox, 
Chaplain of the Senate. 

We come, our Heavenly Father, into Thy presence at this 
hour and ask that Thou wouldst guide our thoughts and turn 
them from the hurry and bustle of this life of activity, to 
consider the life of one who has belonged to us and has passed 
from us. 

Help us that we may feel what shadows we are, what shad- 
ows we pursue; that in the midst of life we are in death. 
O, satisfy us early with Thy mercy. 

We rejoice in the thought that in the midst of weakness 
and helplessness at the same time we can ever stay our souls 
on Thee. 

We thank Thee for the assurances that come to us from 
Thy word of a life that is beyond this. We thank Thee that 
we can come to Thee trusting in that larger hope. 

"For still we hope that in that larger scope, 
What here has faithfully been begun, 
Shall be completed, not undone." 

We pray that Thy blessing may rest upon the associates of 
the departed ; that as they cherish his memory, that as they 
recall his virtues, and as with tender words and with beating 

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hearts, they recount the hfe that he hved here among them, 
that as they teh of that which he did that was worthy, that 
they may address themselves more earnestly to life's work 
while the day lasts, knowing that the shadows of the night 
are gathering in which no man can work. 

We pray that in a special way Thou wilt be near to the 
household from which this father, this husband, has been 
taken. We pray that to them may be given the consolation of 
Thy grace, that in their hours of bereavement and loneli- 
ness that they may feel that Thou, the eternal God, art their 
refuge, and that underneath Thine everlasting arms they 
may find shelter and support and feel that Thou dost not for- 
get them, that Thou dost not forsake them, and we pray 
that this family may be so united together in Christian love, 
and in the Holy faith of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 

that 

"When soon or late they reach that coast 
On life's rough ocean driven, 
May they rejoice, no wanderer lost, 
A family in Heaven." 

We ask it for Christ's sake. Amen. 

Mr. GABLE. Mr. President, your committee appointed 
to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of the Honor- 
able Horatio B. Hackett, reports as follows: 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas, Since the last session of the Legislature it has 
pleased the Almighty Ruler of the Universe to call to His 
eternal home the Honorable Horatio Balch Hackett, late 
one of the members of the Senate from the Eighth district of 
Philadelphia; and 

Whereas, Senator Hackett, by his long life devoted to the 
interests of his country, as soldier, citizen and public official, 
both in the administrative and legislative branches of the 
Government, has endeared himself to his associates, and ob- 
tained the respect of the people of his city and of the State, 
and, by reason of his kindly and affectionate qualities in his 
home circle, he was regarded by his kindred and neighbors 
as a model husband and father; therefore, be it 



HON. HORATIO B. HACKETT. 



Resolved, That the Senate, conscious of the loss it has 
sustained in llic death of Horatio Balch ilackett, expresses its 
appreciation of the hig-Ji character and attainments of our 
late member, and its profound regret upon his death, and 
that we extend to the family of the deceased Senator our sym- 
pathy with them upon their bereavement ; and be it further 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, with the action 
of the Senate, be forwarded to the family of the deceased by 
the Clerk of the Senate. 

VIVIAN FRANK GABLE, 
CHARLES L. BROWN, 
WILLIAM C. SPROUL, 
HENRY GRANSBACK. 
J. A. STOBER, 
JOHN M. SCOTT. 
ARTHUR G. DEWALT. 
EDWIN M. HERBST. 

Committee. 



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ADDRESSES. 

Mr. GABLE. Mr. President and Members of the Senate : 
Wc are met to-day upon one of those constantly recurring 
occasions of sadness which mark the passing of human kind 
to the limitless beyond. It is fitting that, amid the busy ac- 
tivities of life, whether engaged in the cares of legislative 
duties or the every day struggle for existence, we turn aside 
to inscribe a page in memory of those who before us or 
alongside of us have borne well and manfully their part and 
have entered into their reward. 

Horatio Balch Hackett, who was suddenly summoned by 
our Creator since the last regular session of this body, is the 
most lately broken link in the golden chain of the Senate of 
Pennsylvania. 

While I had not the pleasure of a close personal acquain- 
tanceship with Senator PJackett, for many years I had known 
of him as a man of those sturdy qualities of honesty and in- 
tegrity and fixity of purpose which, coupled with an uncom- 
mon geniality of manner and personal charm, made for him 
a host of friends of unswerving loyalty. Born of good New 
England stock — his father having been a man of unusual 
literary attainment, the master of not less than seven lan- 
guages, I am told, and his uncle. Professor Horatio Balch 
Hackett, for whom he was named, of Newton Theological 
Seminary, Newton. Massachusetts — Senator Hackett was en- 
dowed with a heritage that equipped him for the important 
positions to which he was chosen throughout his long career. 
He was born January eighth, one thousand eight hundred 
and forty-four, at Lower Penn's Neck. Salem county. New- 
Jersey, and when but three months old, his father's family 
removed (o Philadelphia, where his entire life was spent in 
the old Kensington District. He enjoyed the benefits of an 
education in the schools of Philadelphia until he attained the 
age of thirteen years, when reverses in the fortune of his 
parents compelled the lad to strike out for himself. At the 
age of sixteen, we find him working upon a farm at Gibbs- 
town. New Jersey, when the war for the preservation of the 



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Union broke out. The patriotism and indomitable spirit, 
which were ever characteristics of the man, prompted him 
at once to enter the service of his country, and we find him 
enlisting in Company "B," Eighty-first Regiment of Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, on July twenty-fifth, one thousand eight 
hundred and sixty-one. 

Hackett was but four feet eleven inches high and weighed 
eighty-nine pounds, but his services as a private in the ranks 
of his company, and later in Company "C," throughout the 
Peninsular Campaign, under General McClellan, showed him 
to be of the stuil of which heroes are made. While in the 
performance of his duties, he suiYered from a severe attack 
of fever and after his reco\ery, he was assigned to the drum 
corps throughout the remainder of the term of his enlistment, 
but upon its termination in one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-three, he re-enlisted and became a veteran when but 
nineteen years of age, a record which has few\ if any, equals 
in our military annals. He became known to his comrades 
throughout the army as "Rash Hackett, the Little Drummer 
Boy," a term of endearment which attached to him through- 
out life, and although he was repeatedly and signally honored 
by his neighbors and constituents, no title of honor could 
better express the feelings of love and respect for him than 
this with which he was baptized amid the fires of the Civil 
War. 

Pie participated in the battles in front of Petersburg and 
was promoted to Orderly Sergeant and recommended to 
Governor Curtin for promotion for gallantry on the field of 
action, receiving in quick succession commissions as Second 
Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and finally Captain. In the 
closing days of the war, on April seventh, one thousand eight 
hundred and sixty-five, at Farmville. V^irginia, in a bloody 
engagement, his Regiment escaped with only a Colonel, two 
other officers, thirty-six men and the flag. Captain Hackett, 
himself, was captured by the Confederates but was recaptured 
by the Union soldiers two days later with Lee's Army when 
it surrendered at Appomattox. He served throughout the 
war with his regiment, which stands on the records as second 
of all Pennsylvania commands and number seven of the entire 



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Union Army in the number of battles and the severity of its 
losses, bearing, it would seem, the protection of a charmed 
life, for he never received a wound. 

After the ending of the Civil War, Captain Hackett re- 
turned to Philadelphia and entered upon the service of the 
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, with which 
he was engaged for a period of five years, leaving it to accept 
an appointment as letter carrier in the Philadelphia post 
office. Subsequently he became an attache of the Custom 
House and then State Appraiser in the office of Register of 
Wills of Philadelphia county. In one thousand eight hun- 
dred and eighty-seven, he was elected a Magistrate for the 
city of Philadelphia and was re-elected in one thousand eight 
hundred and ninety-two and again in one thousand eight hun- 
dred and ninety-seven. In one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-eight, he was elected to the office of Register of Wills 
and shortly after the expiration of the term of his office, he 
was prevailed upon to accept the nomination for State Sena- 
tor from the Eighth district of Philadelphia. He was elected 
by an unusually large majority in the district, an evidence 
of the popularity of the man and of approval of his long 
record of public service. 

As to the record which he made as a member of this body, 
there are Senators present who sat with him, and who are 
well qualified to speak and it is unnecessary for me to call 
to mind the modest and unassuming, yet genial and withal 
determined character of the man in safe-guarding the inter- 
ests of his constituents and the welfare of the Commonwealth. 

It is sometimes difficult to understand how a man who has 
given so much of his time to public affairs, can develop the 
character of a man of family. But with all his political and 
social activities. Senator Hackett was most delightful in the as- 
sociations of his home and family. He was married in April 
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, to Jane F. 
Lukens, who with three sons and one daughter, survive him. 

Senator Hackett suffered a stroke of apoplexy in the year 
one thousand nine hundred and three, after the session of the 
Legislature of that year, from which he slowly recovered, 
although he was left with a physical infirmity of lameness. 



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lie was enabled, however, to resume his ofticial duties in the 
Senate ui one thousand nine hundred and live and after its 
adjournment, while touring the Pacific coast, was stricken 
with his fatal illness, while on the Northern Pacific Railway, 
en route from Tacoma, Washington, to Yellowstone Park. 
He was taken to Spokane, in which city he died on the twelfth 
day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five. The fu- 
neral services over the body of the dead Senator will be long 
remembered by those who were present. 

The obsequies were attended by thousands who bore trib- 
ute of respect to the memory of him who had been friend and 
counsellor for many years. Many were there who had re- 
ceived from him assistance in time of distress, and his death 
disclosed numbers who had been the ([uiet beneficiaries of his 
generosity. Senator Hackett, never letting his right hand 
know what his left hand did, freely gave of his means and in- 
fluence for th^ alleviation of the condition of those who were 
in sore need. While an exemplification of the principle of 
self help, he w^as ever ready to extend help to others. 

While none may claim justification before the great bar of 
the Eternal Judge by reason of his ow-n attainments and ac- 
complishments, and all are imperfect instruments in the Di- 
vine plan, Horatio B. Hackett leaves to his family and friends 
a precious memory, and the goodness of his heart and life 
consoles them with the thought that he has been approved 
by his Maker and in "that bourne w-hence no traveler re- 
turns," peacefully awaits their coming. 

Mr. HERBST. Mr. President, This is the fourth time 
since I have entered the Senate of Pennsylvania that I have 
been called upon to join in these solemn ceremonies. Os- 
bourne, Magee, Vaughan, Kemmerer, Harrison and Hackett. 
all colleagues of mine since the session of one thousand nine 
hundred and one, have answered the stern call of the "pale 
messenger that with impartial footstep knocks alike at the 
palace gate and the poor man's cot." 

There is peculiar fitness that we should again meet in this 
Senate chamber, so often the scene of party conflict, and of 
debate upon great questions that affect the w^elfare of our 
State, and with due solemnity and seriousness moralize upon 



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the greater questions of life and death that are brought home 
to us by the demise of one of our number, the Honorable 
Horatio B. Hackett. 

The mystery of death is even yet, as it has been through 
all the ages, an unsolved problem, whether we meet it with 
the hope and promises of the Christian's faith, or the blind 
bravado of the Agnostic. 

"Sure 'tis a serious thing to die! My soul, 

What a strange moment must it be, when near 

Thy journey's end, thou hast the gulf in view, 

That awful gulf no mortal e'er repassed 

To tell what's doing on the other side. 

Nature runs back, and shudders at the sight, 

And every life-string bleeds at thoughts of parting; 

For part they must; body and soul must part; 

Fond couple! linked more close than wedded pair. 

This wings its way to its Almighty source, 

The witness of its actions, now its judge; 

That drops into the dark and noisome grave 

Like a disabled pitcher of no use." 

I first met the Honorable Horatio B. Hackett when he 
entered this body in the session of one thousand nine hundred 
and three as the successor of his lifelong friend and political 
associate, the present Insurance Commissioner of Pennsyl- 
vania. I therefore did not know him when he was at his best 
physically. To me as a physician, he then showed the symp- 
toms of a serious lesion of the nervous system. The drag- 
ging of the one leg, and the limited motion of the arm, were 
signs that the naturally strong physique had received a serious 
shock in the form of a paralytic stroke. His native strength 
of mind and energetic vigor of intellect no doubt, as in all 
such cases, too, had suffered some abatement, and deterred 
him from the activity in his senatorial duties which he would 
have shown had he come to this body earlier in life. 

His biography bears record of a brilliant career as a soldier 
of the Republic, and the many positions of trust and respon- 
sibility which he occupied, prove the high regard and respect 
in which he was held by his fellow citizens. 

My relations with him were pleasant. He always greeted 
me in a kindly, fatherly manner. The brave fight he made 



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for life when disease with its inexorable clutch was upon him, 
evidences the heroic nature of the man. 

He was a brave soldier, a useful citizen, a gentlemanly col- 
league, and I desire to-day to express this tribute to his 
memory. May we who remain learn from the dead lessons 
of unswerving fidelity to duty and the living. 

Mr. DEWALT. Mr. President and Fellow Members of 
the Senate: Success in life is graded by different standards. 
To those who believe the accumulation of great wealth is the 
greatest good that can be obtained in life, the building up of 
a great fortune seems to be most desirable; and after they 
have achieved that, they seem to be content, although expe- 
rience has taught that riches have wings, and that the golden 
fruit often turns out to be, like the apples of Sodom — mere 
dust. There are others who believe that great learning is 
most to be desired, and their lives are spent in seeking to 
improve the condition of their fellows by acquiring stores of 
useful information. From the ranks of these come philoso- 
phers and savants, who by their teachings have much bene- 
fited their times and the world. Still others there are who 
believe in fame, and the honors that come through politics; 
they, like Alexander of old, sigh for more worlds to conquer; 
and from this class come our rulers. Again, there are many 
who believe in martial glory. Their sole end and aim is to 
become the rulers of men. not by thought, but by action ; and 
from this class come not only the rulers, but also the tyrants 
of their fellows. Then there are many w^ho believing in what 
has been called the simple life, think that the greatest good is 
to be obtained by doing the greatest good to their fellow men. 
Their lives are lives of devotion, for them it is not a seeking 
for wealth, or power, or fame, or personal aggrandizement — 
it is for the bettering of the condition of all men. Their lives 
are lives of sacrifice ; and though many of them are in humble 
station, and never rise above that, they have lived close to 
the teachings of the Great Master who said, "Do unto others 
as you would have them do unto you." 

Judged by these standards, how has this man of whom we 
to-day speak lived his life? Born in lowly station, without 
the advantage of wealth, or exalted position, he, in his period 



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of sixty odd years, was citizen, soldier, magistrate and legis- 
lator; and in each one of these avenues of activity he played 
well his part. What greater praise can be given to any man 
than to say of him, "He was a good citizen, a brave soldier, a 
just magistrate and an honest legislator." 

From a drummer boy of seventeen to a captain of veterans 
in a Pennsylvania regiment, the record of which is second on 
that roll of honor, is a long step in martial valor. One would 
think that after a career so full of merit the individual would 
be unfitted for the arts of peace. Yet the career of this man 
shows that when the war was over, and the Great Commander 
said ''Let us have peace," he assumed the labors of a brake- 
man and a fireman upon a railroad ; thus showing that al- 
though he was able to fight, he had not forgotten how to 
work, and that he was willing to do that which first came to 
his hand. He was faithful in little things, and those who 
knew him best made him ruler over many. Those who be- 
lieved in him took him from the humble station which he had 
chosen for himself, and gave him elective office ; and for six 
years he was a dispenser of justice as magistrate in the locality 
in which he lived. 

The people, recognizing a faithful public servant, in the 
largest city in the Commonwealth, thereafter elected him 
Register of Wills, and for three years this office was under 
his administration ; and then, to round out the honors of his 
career, they sent him where we so w^ell knew him — to this 
honorable body, and in the year one thousand nine hundred 
and two he became a Senator of this Commonwealth. From 
the humblest of beginnings, he thus rose to positions of which 
any man might well be proud. 

It is not the loudest bird that sings the sweetest song. 
And so it can be said that it is not the man who makes the 
greatest professions who accomplishes most good. The Sen- 
ator was not a man of great professions, but he was one who 
did things, without proclaiming his intentions so to do. 
"Deeds, not words." was his motto. The inherent strength 
of his character, his fidelity in small things, and his faithful- 
ness in every station, commended him to all who knew him; 
and results in his life teach us that honesty, sincerity and sim- 



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plicity are traits of character which at all times work to the 
greatest good. Temporary success may be gained by arti- 
fice, or perhaps by appeal to popular prejudice, but lasting 
good for ourselves, and for those about us, can only be ob- 
tained by adherence to the three traits just mentioned. 

It is not given to all men to be great rulers, or to make such 
marks upon the dial of time as will last in the memory of many 
generations. But it is given to each and all of us to act and 
live according to the best there is in us, and to make the best 
use of such talents and advantages as God has given us. 
Doing this, we have done all that is required, and though 
we may not, in so doing, become great, or famous, we be- 
come in our small way the center and nucleus of influence 
for great good by example. 

If the life of Senator Hackett is reviewed from its earliest 
days to its end, it says to all, that in this great country of ours 
there is, generally speaking, an equal chance for all ; that 
though some may be favored by the accident of birth, in 
wealth, or power, or influence, in the end water will always 
seek its level, and those who are deserving of merit, if they 
persevere in honest efforts, will succeed. Failures and mis- 
fortunes come to every man ; but that man is greatest who 
profits by the knowledge which misfortune and failure have 
given him, and who is able to rise above these mischances. 

So it may be said that the life of the late Senator was an 
epitome of honest efforts in the right direction ; and that the 
result of those efforts was not only honor to himself and his 
family, but benefit to the community in which he so long 
lived. Were I to write his epitaph. I would inscribe it thus: 
"Here lies a man who lived simply, fought bravely, and died 
as he lived and fought." 

Mr. STOBER. Mr. President, the saddest, yet most ex- 
alted duty to be performed on the floor of this Senate is to pay 
a tribute of respect to the memory of a deceased colleague. 

This sad duty has been exacted from me at every session 
since I entered this body and I had hoped that death would 
withhold his deadly shaft long enough to exempt this extraor- 
dinary session from such solemn proceedings. But death 
is no respecter of persons, loves a shining mark, and struck 



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the Eighth district of Philadelphia and laid low Horatio B. 
Hackett. Had we the power, that shaft would have been 
halted in its merciless flight ere it touched one so loved, one 
so great, and one so brave as Senator Hackett. We mourn 
his departure, but do not believe him dead, and with Spraguc 

say: 

"Thou are not in the grave confined, 
Death cannot claim the immortal mind; 
Let earth close o'er its sacred trust. 
But goodness dies not in the dust." 

And Campbell further says that : 

"Cold in the dust this perished heart may lie, 
But that which warmed it once shall never die." 

Of his private life I know nothing ; others who were more 
closely associated may extol his virtues. His public career 
as a Senator is remembered by his associates. Who, now 
present, does not remember the unobtrusive, courteous, gen- 
tlemanly, silent, yet ever watchful Senator, who after that 
dreaded monster of disease, paralysis, had laid his deadly hold 
on him, still with pain-racked frame, and soft, sad smile, at- 
tended to his official duties. 

As Horatio B. Hackett was a soldier, I shall confine myself 
principally to his soldier record. In my imagination, I can 
see a boy of seventeen years of age standing in his home in 
the city of Philadelphia, on the twenty-fifth day of July, in 
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. His country 
calling for volunteers, brave men marching forth to battle, 
drums beating, bugles calling, the spirit of patriotism per- 
vading every home and inspiring every citizen with love of 
country and admiration for its flag. That spirit struck the 
heart of young Hackett and he enlisted in the Eighty-first 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, In the words of the 
poet: 

"No fearing, no doubting, thy soldier shall know, 

When here stands his country, and yonder her fo€; 

One look at the bright sun, and prayer to the sky, 

One glance where our banner floats glorious on high; 

Then on, as the young lion bounds on his prey; 

Let the sword flash on high, fling the scabbard away; 

Roll on, like the thunder bolt over the plain; 

We come back in glory, or we come not again." 



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Thus was his military career begun. 

He served in that regiment for ahnost four years, continu- 
ously in the field and always at the front. 

Enlisted as a private, discharged for promotion on the 
twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-four, re-enlisted the next day and promoted to second 
Heutenant upon a special recommendation to the Governor 
of this State for "gallantry upon the field of battle." Pro- 
moted to first lieutenant on the nineteenth day of April, one 
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, again promoted to the 
rank of captain on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand 
eight hundred and sixty-five, and mustered out honorably, 
with that rank, on the twenty-ninth day of June, one thou- 
sand eight hundred and sixty-five. 

His regiment, the Eighty-first Pennsylvania, was attached 
to the .\rmy of the Potomac, assigned first to the Third, and 
afterward to the Second Army Corps, it participated in 
twenty-two general engagements, and in the memorable as- 
sault at Fredericksburg lost one hundred and seventy-six 
men out of two hundred and sixty-one engaged, including 
eighteen officers; a loss of sixty-seven and four-tenths per 
centum, being the second highest of all Pennsylvania regi- 
ments during the war, and sixth of all others. 

After being mustered out of the United States service, he 
served as a working captain in the line of the National Guard 
of Pennsylvania for four years. He commanded the Veteran 
Guard of his Post, No. 51, of the Grand Armv of the Repub- 
lic. On the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hun- 
dred and nmety-one, he was elected to the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion of the United States, Class one. Insignia 
eight thousand four hundred and fiftv-five. Such in brief is 
the military record of Captain Hackett. No need to speak 
of his loyalty and patriotism. A record such as this speaks 
louder than any language of mine. His deeds of valor are 
inscribed m letters of gold upon the immortal roll of fame and 
honor, and any effort of mine to elaborate thereon would only 
detract from that glorious and immortal scroll. Captain 
Hackett was a good citizen, a brave soldier, a faithful repre- 
sentative, an honest man. 



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After his return he became n useful citizen. Labor and ser- 
vice had no terror for him, and he became a brakeman and 
fireman on the Reading Railroad, and after five years of hard 
labor, Captain Hackett was called to other duties and served 
as letter carrier, inspector in the Custom House, clerk to the 
Register of Wills, State Appraiser, Register of Wills and State 
Senator. His party saw his worth and made him a delegate 
to State and National Conventions. The Grand Army of 
the Republic and the Loyal Legion and high social organi- 
zations recognized his military and social qualities and gave 
him all honor. I repeat that death is no respecter of persons. 
There is no aljiding place here. Our days are numbered. 
They are as 

"The dream on the pillow, 
That flits with the day, 

The leaf of the willow 
A breath wears away; 

The dust on the blossom, 
The spray on the sea; 

They — ask thine own bosom- 
Are emblems of thee." 

In conclusion let me bid farewell to Senator Hackett by 
paying a tribute to the f^ag for which he risked so much, and 
which he so dearly loved. 

"Who wears for the flag that freedom blessed, 

Though it wanders afar from home, 
By the winds caressed, to the east or west, 

Wherever its sons may roam? 
In the calm of peace or the storm of ware. 

On land or the bounding seas, 
With its silver stars and crimson bars — 

It is always the flag of the free. 

Far from the cradle where liberty reared 

Its brood of free born men. 
That banner fared and has onward dared 

Full many a league since then. 
Like a strong, young eagle, on wings elate 

It has followed its destiny 
From the Old Bay State to the Golden Gate, 

The fetterless flag of the free. 



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South, where the fair Antilles lie, 

It smiles to the glowing dawn, 
It soared on high in the sunlit sky. 

On the hill over San Juan; 
It has followed its well loved ships away 

To the uttermost alien sea. 
And it floats to-day in Manila Bay 

The conquering flag of the free. 

God speed the flag that has never quailed, 

Though it rose o'er the Spanish Main; 
When by foes assailed, that has never failed 

Humanity's need and pain! 
It shall bless the slave whom its valor frees. 

And its glory shall 'round him be; 
On its own loved breeze or the Orient seas 

It is always the flag of the free." 

The PRESIDENT. The question is on the adoption of 
the resohitions offered relative to the late Senator from 
Philadelphia, Mr. Hackett. 
The question being, 
Will the Senate agree to the resolutions? 
They were unanimously agreed to. 

ADJOURNMENT. 

Mr. WHITE. Mr. President. I move that the Senate 
do now adjourn until five o'clock post meridian. 

Mr. STOBER. Mr. President, I second the motion. 

The question being, 

Will the Senate agree to the motion? 

Tt was agreed to. 
Whereupon, 

At four fifteen post meridian the Senate adjourned to meet 
at five o'clock post meridian of Wednesday, February four- 
teen, one thousand nine hundred and six. 




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